March 4, 2019
February began with strong Namban showings at the Kanagawa Half Marathon on the 3rd. Chris Winter’s friend Ben Kelly came up from Melbourne and WON the Open division in 67:50 […]
December 28, 2018
The month began as usual with the Okutama Ekiden. This year Namban Rengo fielded 7 teams, 4 men’s and 3 women’s. The A team finished 7th out of 122 teams, […]
December 9, 2018
The Nakasendo is the ancient highway between Kyoto and Tokyo and has become a popular route for tourists, particularly from Australia and the UK. Many walk the more scenic parts […]
December 6, 2018
Namban Rengo has been participating in the Okutama Ekiden (road relay) since 1989. The first three years we had very fast teams and finished in the top four, but we […]
December 1, 2018
At the New York Marathon, Ryudo Tsukizaki ran his second fastest marathon: 2:42:16, Satoshi Hashimoto enjoyed the NYC atmosphere with a 3:15:07 and Yumi Kato enjoyed herself despite the tough […]
November 2, 2018
This year’s Nagareyama 10K road race on the 7th was, in a word, HOT! 31°, probably 34 in the sun – and there was no shade. A large group of […]
October 5, 2018
Andy Drought went to England and ran the Carlisle 10K, emerging victorious! Our Spartan athletes were up in Kamikita, Gumma on the 8th. Jay Johannesen placed 2nd in his AG […]
September 8, 2018
Five Nambanners participated in the Spartan Super obstacle race in Minakami, Gumma pref. on September 8th. The event entailed running for 10k up and down the steep hills of a […]
September 3, 2018
Yoko Kubo took up the challenge of the Nozawa Trail Festival, a very tough 21K with steep downhills like cliffs. She finished in 4:03:21, good for 32nd among 115 women […]